Organic - Dwc grow club
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bake508
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oky i just moved room to garage to keep room/res temps down and more room , floor is cement and half level under ground. I made a nice little closed off room w/ insulation board real cheap and easy lol i taped it all together w/ foil tape supprisingly very sturdy and easy to cut fan and wire holes. moved ppm up to 1200 and ph is 5.5 - 7.5 and i have powder changing to liquid downer i got some new pics you can see the one plant got nice leaves grown off top now but most of bottom leaves look all crappy..shld i leave them or cut? i also spun pots on 2 of the smaller girls so they could get light on other side. i am having some problems when i do res changes some of roots slimy and i always seem to get little pieces of root that break or fall of into res and hard to keep up with so small and hard to see i think thats where i getn slime from. i change res every week and needs a good cleaning and roots are getting fatter than nets and can barely pull thru anymore so any tips on any easy way to change res w/o gettn roots everywhere and dien in tank
southern homegrower
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i got a small submersible pump with a1/2 hose and leave in the tub and just plug it in when u want to empty tub. or buy a 1/2 inch bulkhead from aquarium shop & 1/4 turn ball valve and hose adapter.
southern homegrower
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im told u have to get all the clearx out. but i dont know for sure. i flush with plain ro water
pinner420
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Nice to see more Botanicare mechanics out in the world. I started with Advanced and moved over to the "B" team and I have yet to burn anything and like the stability of the ph most of all. Results well in my opininion smoke for themselves smooth everytime no matter what strain you run cant grow it fast enough for patients. Nasd90 you elude to how much work dwc is and I thought I'd share my two cents on this topic. I love the results of hydro and the taste of soil so I've moved over to the autopot system from australia http://www.autopot.com.au/. Set your tanks ph once and then your only job after that is to make sure they dont get to close to the light. I'm a big fan of cutting man hours with my ph meter and having more man hours with my scissors. I run 1/1 perilite and cococoir and havent' looked back. http://s580.photobucket.com/albums/ss241/pinner420mt/ I'm following stink buds recipie for my nute schedule.
Veg
Botanicare Nutrients:
126ML Cal-Mag Plus
180ML Liquid Karma
540ML Pure Bend Pro Vegetative Formula
I start at 1500 PPM and bring it up to 2000 PPM by the second week of veg. I change the nutrients every 3 weeks with each new crop.
I adjust my PH to 5.8
bloom:
Botanicare Nutrients:
126ml Cal-Mag Plus
150ml Sweet
180ml Liquid Karma
540mlL Pure Bend Pro Bloom
I run 2000 PPM all the way until the flush cycle. Some strains like AK47 can handle over 3000 PPM without burning. Other strains show signs of tip burn at just 1700 PPM. Since I run 10 different strains I set my PPM for a good overall value.
Flush 450 ml sweet for one week.....
Veg
Botanicare Nutrients:
126ML Cal-Mag Plus
180ML Liquid Karma
540ML Pure Bend Pro Vegetative Formula
I start at 1500 PPM and bring it up to 2000 PPM by the second week of veg. I change the nutrients every 3 weeks with each new crop.
I adjust my PH to 5.8
bloom:
Botanicare Nutrients:
126ml Cal-Mag Plus
150ml Sweet
180ml Liquid Karma
540mlL Pure Bend Pro Bloom
I run 2000 PPM all the way until the flush cycle. Some strains like AK47 can handle over 3000 PPM without burning. Other strains show signs of tip burn at just 1700 PPM. Since I run 10 different strains I set my PPM for a good overall value.
Flush 450 ml sweet for one week.....
southern homegrower
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i have the sweet also what are the benafits of flushing with it
pinner420
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Well along the lines of Botanicare you get your choice of berry or citrus. Currently I'm doing a citrus flush last day!!!! and if you like you can get some of the gh pineapple rush to give that a shot but really its about flavoring the oils. Like bubblegum for the lungs my friend.
southern homegrower
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u just flush the last week with it? i have the berry
bake508
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whatup guys!! i just took some pics of my girls i got outside fig u guys would like too see em. 1st pics are 3 delahaze fems out in a hughe thorn mess...ground is all always wet and good sun all day ..i got 2 other hopeing girls in a seperate location basically the same tho its all swampy...sooo i came up other day and found a fkn hughe ass beaver dead next too my plants....so i took a pic of that too lol. i topped both of these plants and smallest one of the delahaze. i also put some neuts 1 day every 2/3 weeks the delahaze are 3 weeks and 2 unknowns are 8-10 weeks all advice welcome please
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nasd90
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Looks great man, quite a setup you have there.
I've been battling some Ozone burn issues for the past few weeks. I even think I'm at or approaching the 11 week Flowering period mark. Buds are tasty.
The Snow White is wayyy strong, and the Venus just right.
To each his own.
Peace.
bake508
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okay i got some new pics of the girlsand few clones tryn to root (fingers crossed) . i got some organic earth juice ph downer seems to work good but dose not last too long ph keeps rising in 1-2 hr but, plants lookn good so im not too worried i guess. hygrozem wont get rid of my root slime but kinda keepn it in check any1 know if root slime will constantly raise my ph i keep tank at 65-72 degrees but cant help little pieces of root always floating in tank. got ppm at 1200-1500 and started to tie some of the plants down they are at 22" tryn to let smaller 2 to catch up i will flower at about 3' to 3' 5" i got about 7'5" of height space w/ light included and i also added 2 4' fluros to fill out side i rotate plants every res change. i also got 1 question about when i start to flower do i let plants sit in 24 hr of darkness then start the 12/12 or do i just go st8 to 12/12? i also came across a cocacola c02 tank and cld i just spray some in room cpl times a day if that will be oky...if i run out will girls get co2 deficiency?
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onthedl0008
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Something pretty crazy man. Id lollipop and trim them tho so only the best xmas tree buds make it to harvest otherwise ur gonna have stressed plants. Sounds real interesting tho. Are they clones or plants from seed? That makes a huge difference.
onthedl0008
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Do what u think is right bro.. But removing the bottom third or even quarter int the first and second weeks of flower from those girls in that situation will better ur results in the end..Furthermore.. Later on removing some of the less worthy budsites in flower will help ur plants concentrate more on cola growth to better ur yields.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.